A 500-year-old bathing tradition got a bureaucratic makeover. Budapest’s last single-sex Ottoman bath now requires double coverage. The official reason doesn’t quite hold water.
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From Hyde Park in 2004 to 1,200+ riders today, London’s World Naked Bike Ride, explained in the full (frontal) guide. The history, the legality, the etiquette, and the bare essentials.
ORF vowed to show “the world as it is”. During Israel’s Eurovision Semi-Final performance in Vienna, the broadcast featured two suspiciously deliberate cuts to cheering, flag-waving supporters. Who directed those shots – and why only for Israel?
A century-old Hokkien shrine. A healing deity who needed a translator. Nine days of rituals that rearrange the understanding of faith. Most visitors to Phuket never find Sam Kong. The ones who do, especially in October, never quite forget it.
At 70, Eurovision is going on tour. But while arenas light up from London to Stockholm, much of the continent is left in the dark. The new Iron Curtain is up.
Playa de las Canteras is the “living room” of Las Palmas. So if Spaniards decorate their homes with mini nativity scenes, the Canarian beach had to host one of the largest!
Is it possible to have a winter wonderland at 20°C? Explore Ciudad Navidad in Gáldar, Gran Canaria’s home of boldest Christmas decorations and Nativity routes!
From children’s war songs to a genocide in a gym, music can be used to normalize violence. Should one of these 15 songs represent Israel at Eurovision?
How Israel transformed Europe’s beloved song contest into a soft-power showcase while evading accountability? Why does EBU allow Eurovision to be used as a political detergent?
Not many medieval fairs survived until modern age. But here it is, Basler Herbstmesse, continually running since 1471! Hop on a ride and learn the secret of the largest Swiss fair!